The Structuring Development of Game Basketball

The Structuring Development of Game Basketball

Tianlong Zhao

University of Southern California

Abstract

The game basketball has evolved from a very simple and domestic level game into one of the most prevalent game in the entire world. One of the major reason that resulted in the evolution of basketball is the player and clients’ participation and the consistent fan following. The proposal will critically view the various stages in the basketball history that led to the most watched sports in the world. The heuristic and lens analysis will quantify the various elements of the sport and how each of these elements has evolved and contributed for this sport.

Contents

Abstract 2

Introduction 4

Origin of Basketball 5

The Architecture System of Basketball 5

Structural History 7

The Origin of Basketball Game 7

The Timeline of Basketball History 8

Modern Era 10

Research Methods for System Architecture 11

Literature Review and Document Analysis 11

Content Analysis 11

Categorization: the System of Categories 12

Structure Architecture of the Game 12

Heuristics of Basketball Game 12

The lens of rules. 12

The lens of the team. 12

The lens of the player. 13

The lens of time. 13

The lens of functional space. 13

The lens of reward. 13

The lens of competition. 14

The Cracking Point of the Game System 14

The infancy. 14

The savior rule changing of the game system. 14

Cracking the boundary. 16

Cracking the players number. 17

Standpoint of the key holders 18

Michael Jordan. 18

David Stern. 18

Adam Silver. 18

A Larger System of Basketball Game 19

The Development of Sports Market 19

The Profit-seeking Sports Market 20

Conclusion 22

References 23

Introduction

Basketball is one of the world's most popular team sports, played between two teams of five players, whose aim is to introduce the ball in the basket of the opposing team (keeping score) and, at the same time, prevent this introduced in their own...